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00:00Behind the doors of our mansions, castles, and houses, lie piles upon piles of forgotten treasures.
00:14I've been looking for that for two years.
00:17I can't get away from them. They are simply everywhere.
00:20Am I a hoarder? Yes.
00:22But when tough times come knocking...
00:25When you're saying movement, what's it doing?
00:27Come and have a look.
00:28How much does this school cost?
00:29I'd try to think.
00:31Do they have a hidden gem that could be their salvation?
00:34I'm not sure what's in there. Could be anything.
00:37I'd love to think that there was a master painting in here.
00:41They will need the best in the business.
00:43People do call me Mr. Miscellaneous. I just love all sorts of objects.
00:49It's all about creating a look. That's what really sells.
00:53Rock stars, A-listers, they're all in my little black book.
00:56Experts determined to track down valuable fines...
00:59The book alone would command an incredible amount of money.
01:04Oh, wow. Okay. Well, that's a big name.
01:07Ooh, this is a bit of money.
01:09...and deliver life-changing sums.
01:11Solve!
01:12Oh, my goodness.
01:14This is the only copy anywhere in the world.
01:18It's unbelievable.
01:19Today, Clive's on his way to Leicester to help a couple deal with a hoard that has taken over their home.
01:35I'm only a few minutes away from going to meet Rita and Hugh.
01:44And from what I understand, they have acquired a considerable collection of interesting items.
01:54Always, always full of excitement when you do these kind of things.
01:57And hopefully, today, we're going to find something awesome.
02:09I remember these on Nana's wall when I was a little girl.
02:14So those have been around for a long, long time.
02:17At their home, Rita and Hugh are living amongst a mountain of boxes.
02:22There should be a lid to that somewhere.
02:27It's like a Chinese or Japanese urn.
02:29The problem is, the lid could be anywhere.
02:32Six years ago, Rita inherited an enormous collection of antiques from her stepfather, Norman, a celebrated clocksmith.
02:44Norman's passion for clocks started when he was a child.
02:48His mother, Gracie, got him a job as an apprentice in Clerkenwell, which is where all the watch and clock businesses were in London.
03:02Time progressed and he opened his own shop.
03:06It was called Old Times.
03:08And he would take in repairs, he would buy and sell.
03:11And he always had this mindset that things were going to be worth more in the future, which led to him hoarding because he was going,
03:22oh, yeah, this might be worth £50 now, but in 10 years' time, it might be worth £500.
03:30However, you can have too much of a good thing.
03:36And Norman, as he got older, he became really reluctant to sell the things that he had been buying.
03:48So, Norman would have packed this 1985.
03:52You know, when you think about it, it's been sitting in a box.
03:55Yeah.
03:55I always wondered what he must have seen in this.
03:58Maybe did he see value?
03:59Yeah, yeah.
04:00I mean, he was a human magpie.
04:01Norman used to teach me, used to love to try and share his knowledge.
04:09Even when I was a little girl, he'd take me to auctions.
04:14So, I've got these things around the house that really, really make me smile
04:19and think about the good things in my childhood.
04:24It's amazing, but it's overwhelming.
04:27To be honest, I think it's too much for us to deal with, really, because...
04:31It's too much for any ordinary person to deal with.
04:34There are items in the collection that I would struggle to part with
04:40because those are items that I love.
04:44And, I mean, I really do love them.
04:49The unruly collection has sentimental value,
04:52but it's cost them thousands in storage,
04:55and it's taking over their home.
04:57I don't know about you, but I need a cup of tea.
05:02Rita and Hugh know they need to sort it out.
05:05And they need help.
05:07Let's go.
05:07I'm too old for this.
05:12Antiques expert Clive prides himself on his knowledge and his contacts.
05:18Identify the treasure, turn it into cash.
05:21That is what I'm good at.
05:22So, if there's a hidden gem to be found, he'll root it out.
05:31Get the right one.
05:33Don't want to go knocking on the wrong door.
05:35Done that before.
05:37I am excited.
05:38Let's go and find out about all the items they've got.
05:42Let's hope there's something special in there
05:44and maybe change their lives.
05:45Suburbia.
05:51Who knows what it's going to reveal?
05:55Ooh, lots of interesting things already.
06:01Hello, hello.
06:02Come on.
06:03Nice to meet you.
06:05Oh, my goodness.
06:06Come straight in and see something gorgeous straight away,
06:08apart from you two guys, of course.
06:10She's heavy.
06:11Delightfully heavy, I think, is what you say, isn't it?
06:14Yeah.
06:14Love these things.
06:16Yeah, so, Norman, who was my stepfather...
06:19Oh, yeah.
06:20..brought this home when I was about ten years old.
06:24He had no intention of selling it, but it was very naughty.
06:28And he put it in the shop window, because he owned a clock shop.
06:32Yeah.
06:33And we had people ringing on the door.
06:35Constantly coming round.
06:37Yes, going, how much is the elephant?
06:40How much is the elephant?
06:41You go, no, the elephant's not for sale.
06:43No, no.
06:43Rosie's part of the family.
06:45She's staying.
06:46We don't...
06:47But don't sell her.
06:48And why should you?
06:48No, no.
06:48It's really nice.
06:49Yeah, yeah.
06:50And do you think that's Rosewood?
06:51Oh, for sure, yeah.
06:52Yes, good, good.
06:53I'm just glad, because it was me that called her Rosie the elephant.
06:56Oh, yeah.
06:57A nice, solid chunk of it, really, isn't it?
07:001920s, 1930s kind of period.
07:02Yeah, yeah.
07:03Yeah.
07:03If this sets the standard for the rest of the house, I think we're going to have an exciting day.
07:08I'm glad to hear it.
07:09Fantastic.
07:09Great.
07:10Is it this way?
07:11Yes, straight on.
07:12So, aside from clearing and making space in your own home, you're going to raise some money.
07:29What's the plan with that?
07:32Three years ago, that was when I discovered that Norman wasn't my biological father.
07:38Right.
07:39I did a DNA test and discovered that my family had ended up settling in America.
07:49Yeah.
07:50And I've not actually met my birth father yet.
07:53Oh.
07:53And I'm hoping that one day we'll get the call and we want to be able to say, that's fine, we can be on the next flight.
08:00Which, at the moment, we couldn't do that.
08:02Mm.
08:03But what is so beautiful is the fact that my stepfather's legacy to me means that maybe I can meet my...
08:13Meet my birth father.
08:15Oh, absolutely, yeah.
08:17It does seem to be...
08:17Sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
08:20Sorry.
08:20Well, it's a lovely, genuine reason to go and create some value from this stuff that's blocking up your hair.
08:30Yeah.
08:31It looks like I've got a busy day ahead of me.
08:33Are you guys happy for me to just go and have a wander and see where I can get started?
08:38Yeah, absolutely, please.
08:39Brilliant.
08:39Just feel free.
08:41Let's...
08:41I'm going to start in here.
08:48Oh, my goodness.
08:49It's everywhere, isn't it?
08:52I think £20,000 would be a reasonable amount for us to be looking at raising.
09:01Clocks and clocks and clocks.
09:04Looks interesting.
09:06We have no idea what is in some of the boxes here.
09:11Literally, we've never looked in them.
09:13You never know what we're going to find.
09:15And also, you know, that's part of the excitement.
09:19So, this is an adventure.
09:22Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry.
09:28This is probably half of Norman's clock collection.
09:35I'll go and have a rummage.
09:37Go for it.
09:38French made, French looking, circa 1900, maybe slightly earlier, and perfect.
09:49We're happy to find those all day.
09:51Always going to be able to sell those.
09:52The golden age of the mantel clock began in the late 1700s.
10:00They quickly became a staple household item,
10:04ranging from basic and affordable to lavish and ostentatious.
10:11Some of the very best had their intricate mechanisms on display,
10:15and others were crafted from fine materials like porcelain.
10:18Examples of such clocks from the 1700s have fetched over £1 million at auction.
10:30Oh, that's got some weight to it.
10:321920 sort of thing.
10:34It's quite a nice-looking clock.
10:37There's some good stuff in here,
10:39but there's also some absolute rubbish.
10:42I'm hoping perhaps there's something really nice inside.
10:46So I would just make the day.
10:50What is in here?
10:53Norman's collection contains timepieces from the past 180 years.
10:58Does it come any more art deco than that?
11:01That's probably a £500 clock, quite frankly.
11:06That one there is a 400-day clock,
11:09concept being that it would run for 400 days.
11:12Hmm, clock's world is starting to look better and better.
11:19But in the barrage of clocks...
11:22We're stepping up, aren't we?
11:24Clive is yet to find a standout timepiece
11:26that could raise big money for Rita.
11:33What have we got in here?
11:35Yeah.
11:35Look at that.
11:44A little ship's wheel movement,
11:46rocking backwards and forwards.
11:48It's a joy to watch, isn't it?
11:50Quite a popular thing, this ship's wheel concept.
11:54We've got this beautiful glass with the bevelled edge.
11:58You can see it all round.
11:59So, yeah, I think that is the best clock we've seen yet today.
12:08How are you getting on?
12:09Hey, guys.
12:10To tell you the truth,
12:11I'm hypnotised by this little ship's wheel.
12:15It's quite a nice thing, isn't it?
12:16It is, lovely.
12:17It was one that Norman has always said,
12:20this is special.
12:21It's a delightful clock.
12:22Nice, saleable piece.
12:25And I have seen these up to about £2,000.
12:30So, it's definitely one for further research.
12:33OK, yeah.
12:34Good result with that one.
12:35Yeah.
12:42In Leicestershire...
12:43It's like an assault on the senses.
12:47Antiques expert Clive is trying to find £20,000 of treasure
12:51to help send Rita to the USA
12:53to meet up with her birth family.
12:56I really like these.
12:57Yeah.
12:58It can be £1 to £200 each.
13:03Meanwhile, vintage fashionista Paula
13:06is heading to Sunderland on a mission of her own.
13:10I'm so excited today
13:12because I'm going to see someone
13:13who's got a huge wedding dress collection.
13:21I have a feeling
13:26there are going to be plenty of treasures to be found.
13:36Retired dressmaker Kevin
13:37has been showcasing his lifelong obsession
13:40at charity events for over 40 years.
13:44The edging on this feels beautiful.
13:46I know what it is.
13:47His latest is set in the hall
13:51of a magnificent historic college.
13:55In a fashion show,
13:56this is the part where I do all the talking.
13:59So, while the model walks round,
14:01I tell everybody about who wore the dress
14:03and when they wore it
14:04and where they wore it.
14:05And people are interested.
14:08The whole point of the collection
14:10from the very beginning
14:12was to help raise money
14:14for whichever charity
14:17or school
14:18or church
14:19that needed to raise money.
14:24So far,
14:25we have actually raised
14:27more than £600,000.
14:31Kevin's top model
14:33for his fashion shows
14:34is Mavis,
14:35his wife of 22 years.
14:37He's the boss.
14:40He tells me what to do
14:41and I do it
14:42and that's our partner.
14:43Gee, that's not true, really.
14:45That's just for a bit of a laugh.
14:47No, we work very closely together.
14:53I love wearing all the wedding dresses.
14:56Which woman wouldn't?
14:58Kevin's vast collection
15:08has been amassed
15:09over decades.
15:11I think I probably could
15:13be described
15:14as a bit of a hoarder.
15:16Exactly how many
15:17I've never counted.
15:19I guess
15:20it's sort of 400 gowns.
15:22It could even be more than that.
15:24Every time we do
15:28a fashion show
15:29several people
15:30will come to him
15:31and say
15:32Kevin, would you like
15:32my wedding dress?
15:33Kevin, would you like
15:34my wedding dress?
15:36And he just
15:36takes everything
15:38that comes.
15:39I don't know
15:40if Mavis minds
15:41sharing the home
15:42with the collection.
15:43I think it's probably
15:44a case of
15:44Mavis is used to it
15:46now after all
15:47of these years.
15:54With a growing hoard
15:55the couple
15:56are in need of help.
15:59I like to find
16:01exquisite things
16:02and I know exactly
16:03where to take them
16:04to sell them.
16:07Arriving at Mavis
16:08and Kevin's house
16:09vintage clothing expert
16:11Paula
16:11is hoping to find
16:12a way of raising money
16:13to help them escape
16:14their unbridled
16:15wedding dress collection.
16:17I don't know
16:18where he keeps them
16:18but I'm about to find out.
16:20I can't wait for this one.
16:23Hello!
16:24Hi, I'm Paula.
16:25Lovely to meet you.
16:26Lovely to meet you.
16:27Please come here.
16:31Straight away
16:32I can see
16:33some fabulous pieces.
16:37This is gorgeous.
16:41Then we move over here
16:42to something
16:43that's a lot more plain
16:44but then also
16:45it's got the lovely
16:46embellishment of
16:46feathers or is it?
16:47It's just marabou.
16:48Amazing.
16:49And then in here
16:50this is your living room.
16:52More stunning dresses
16:54the collection
16:55has taken over
16:56every corner
16:57of their house.
16:59It's quite crammed.
17:01You can't get in the house
17:02for wedding dresses
17:03and the time comes
17:04when you have to think
17:05no, I either
17:07stop doing this
17:08and get rid of all of these
17:09which was definitely
17:10a no-no
17:10or you then have to look
17:12for somewhere
17:13to store them.
17:14This one looks 1930s.
17:16It's 1930s.
17:18Goodness me.
17:20Absolutely beautiful.
17:21The problem is, Kevin,
17:22is I want to try
17:23them all on now.
17:28Wedding dresses.
17:29Do you think
17:30this is something
17:30that got into your blood
17:32that, you know,
17:32was in your...
17:33Oh, I think so, yes.
17:34I was 17
17:35when I made
17:36my first wedding dress
17:37and I'd then tell my mother
17:39I used to wait
17:40till she went to bed
17:41and got her sewing machine out.
17:43So you're self-taught
17:44at that point?
17:45I was at that point, yes.
17:47It sounds as if
17:48it was such a burning
17:49passion for you,
17:50this idea of creating
17:51and making.
17:52My grandmother
17:54was a tailoress.
17:55When my grandmother died
17:57we found
17:57about eight wedding dresses
17:59that she had made
18:01and my aunt just said,
18:03oh, put them all
18:03in the bin
18:04and I was horrified
18:05and said,
18:06no chance,
18:06I'm taking them home
18:07and the collection
18:08went from
18:09sort of
18:10eight to thirty
18:11up to about
18:13four hundred
18:14where it is now.
18:15Oh, my goodness.
18:16What is the problem
18:18at the moment?
18:19What is it?
18:19Is it the fact
18:20that the
18:21the collection
18:22can't be seen?
18:23It would be nice
18:24to have somewhere
18:25larger
18:26to be able
18:27to display them more
18:28because really
18:29they are just
18:29in a storage space.
18:32Do you have any idea
18:33of how much
18:34we need to raise
18:35for that?
18:35Somewhere in the region
18:36of fifteen to twenty thousand pounds.
18:39I can see you
18:40nodding along
18:41there, Mavis.
18:42Is this something
18:43you really want
18:43to see happen?
18:44It would be
18:45really, really good
18:46because when
18:47we were married
18:49Kevin said,
18:50can I put some
18:51things in the
18:52garages?
18:53So I said,
18:53how long for?
18:55And he said,
18:56oh, I promise
18:57everything will be
18:58gone in two years.
19:00Me car's still
19:01parked on the drive.
19:03And it's twenty-two years.
19:06Haller's task
19:07is to raise
19:08enough money
19:08so that Kevin
19:09can rent a studio space
19:11to store and repair
19:12the whole collection.
19:15After you.
19:15Thank you very much.
19:17I am so excited
19:18about this.
19:18I'm not sure
19:19what I'm going
19:19to find.
19:20Here we go.
19:22OK.
19:23Ooh.
19:25Ah, already
19:26I'm seeing,
19:28I'm sort of seeing
19:29what we're going
19:29to be dealing
19:30with.
19:30Oh my goodness.
19:32Kevin.
19:32Ah, gosh,
19:43look at that.
19:45In Leicestershire,
19:46Clive has already
19:47discovered a unique
19:48example of a carriage
19:49clock.
19:50It's like
19:51an antique store
19:53run by somebody
19:54who's really badly
19:55organised.
19:56Oh my goodness.
19:58But with
19:58twenty thousand
19:59pounds needed
20:00to realise
20:01homeowner Rita's
20:02dream to visit
20:02her birth family,
20:04he needs to
20:05investigate the
20:05hoard further.
20:07What have we got
20:08here?
20:10It's got a nice
20:11weight to it.
20:13Tag
20:14phonographed.
20:15I can't believe
20:16how good the
20:16condition is.
20:18Not even a scratch
20:19on the face.
20:23Something like this
20:24could make a few
20:24hundred pounds.
20:26Crazy.
20:28What have we got
20:28in here?
20:30Let's have a look
20:30at this.
20:32These are little
20:33micro mosaics.
20:35Jolly collectible.
20:36You know,
20:37when Victorians
20:38were travelling
20:39round Europe,
20:40enjoying all of
20:41its splendour,
20:42and you want
20:42things to bring
20:43back, this is
20:44the equivalent
20:45of a fridge
20:46mag.
20:50The Grand
20:51Tour was a
20:52European journey
20:53of cultural
20:54enlightenment taken
20:55by British
20:56aristocrats,
20:57a tradition which
20:58started in the
20:591600s.
21:01Visiting the finest
21:02art and antiquities,
21:04they would return
21:04with miniature
21:05souvenirs of the
21:06places they had
21:07seen.
21:10Last year at auction,
21:11a Grand Tour
21:12micro mosaic of the
21:13Forum in Rome
21:14sold for nearly
21:15£10,000.
21:16They've definitely got value,
21:22so worthy of a bit
21:24more investigation.
21:26Who knows,
21:26might find a box of
21:27another 200 of them
21:28at this rate.
21:36I'm not even going to go
21:37in there.
21:38Yeah, that's just
21:39bonkers.
21:47Gigantic shield.
21:50Let's have a look.
21:54It's a Milton shield,
21:57produced originally for the Great Exhibition.
22:00This is a copy of the Milton shield,
22:04one of the finest examples of metalwork
22:06created in the mid-19th century.
22:09It features John Milton's Paradise Lost,
22:12and the original is held in the Met Museum in New York.
22:15There were numerous copies.
22:19Some good,
22:20some not so good.
22:23You know,
22:23it could go from £1,000 to £10,000 or more,
22:27so I'd rather like it.
22:29Imagine that in your downstairs bathroom.
22:32Yeah, it'd look nice, wouldn't it?
22:34You found the shield, I see.
22:36I have, indeed,
22:38and, you know,
22:39a beautiful thing it is.
22:41Every year,
22:42out came the silver dip,
22:44the cotton wool,
22:45and I'd be going over it,
22:47making sure I brought out
22:48the silver,
22:49the copper,
22:50the brass.
22:51Is this an item for sale,
22:53or is this not?
22:54That's staying in the family.
22:56Right, OK.
22:56That is not something
22:57that we're thinking about parting with.
23:01With the shield off the table,
23:03Clive needs to keep searching.
23:05Oh, gosh.
23:07If he's going to find Rita
23:08the money she needs.
23:10Look at all this.
23:11Where'd you start?
23:13Where'd you go?
23:14And with such a huge horde
23:16to look through,
23:17that's a massive challenge.
23:19With the best will in the world,
23:21I'm just scratching the surface,
23:24and this is more than you can do
23:27just on one day watch,
23:28without missing stuff,
23:31and I don't want to miss stuff.
23:32So I'm only going to have a chat
23:33and see what they think.
23:34Oh, I can make it up off the floor.
23:36It's too big a job for just one man.
23:41So Clive thinks the best way forward
23:43is to get a specialist team in
23:45to help identify and catalogue
23:47the high-value items.
23:50Take into consideration
23:51the breadth of what has been collected.
23:54I think an auction
23:57is probably the way forward.
23:59That's the way to do it.
24:00Are you happy for me to
24:01kind of move forward from here then
24:03and get this underway as a process?
24:06Yes, please.
24:07Excellent.
24:11Decision made.
24:12The mosaics and clock
24:13will be sold separately,
24:15but the rest of the collection
24:16will be assessed
24:17before going under the hammer.
24:19In Sunderland...
24:23Kevin!
24:25..Paula's search is underway.
24:27Does this go all the way back?
24:28This goes all the way back.
24:30Filled with wedding dresses.
24:31Wow.
24:33I believe you too.
24:33Oh, my word.
24:35Well, you're a passionate collector, Kevin,
24:37I'll tell you that.
24:39It is jam-packed.
24:43This overflowing garage
24:45is why Paula needs to help Kevin
24:47raise £20,000
24:48to rent a studio space
24:50to store and repair the collection.
24:53I can see some treasures already,
24:55but I'm looking for something
24:56that might indicate
24:57that it's actually a designer dress.
25:00Maybe couture made, even better.
25:02But the details,
25:04it's all in the detail.
25:07In 1840,
25:09the detailing in Queen Victoria's wedding dress
25:12caused a craze of crinoline and lace
25:15that has been replicated by brides ever since.
25:17And vintage gowns with special provenance
25:24have become big business.
25:26Recently,
25:27Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress
25:29sold for over £120,000.
25:36Now, this looks like
25:38something from the 1950s,
25:41I would guess,
25:42the fact that it's strapless,
25:44boned,
25:45and has a wide skirt.
25:47I can imagine a 1950s enthusiast
25:51desperately wanting
25:53to get married in a dress
25:54just like this.
25:59The market for vintage dresses
26:01and pre-worn dresses
26:02is so huge at the moment
26:04for several reasons.
26:05People want to think sustainably
26:07about wedding dresses,
26:08but also the vintage aesthetic in general.
26:11People love the idea
26:12of emulating the past,
26:15the 1920s and 1930s.
26:19This is too beautiful a collection
26:21to be left in a garage.
26:25I feel as if I have
26:26almost a personal duty
26:28to honour the women
26:30who've worn these dresses.
26:31But as lovely as these dresses are,
26:34and I just hope that Kevin
26:36has a big-ticket item,
26:39something in the rest
26:39of his collection,
26:40because I'm not sure
26:41we're going to get it here.
26:43And we need to get him
26:44his £20,000.
26:52Howdy.
26:53In Leicestershire...
26:55These boxes ain't packing themselves.
26:59Antiques expert Clive
27:00has plumbed his contacts
27:02and enlisted expert help.
27:04That's quite pretty
27:05with the porcelain panels.
27:07In his challenge
27:08to raise the £20,000
27:09that homeowner Rita needs...
27:11That, that, that.
27:12..to travel to the States
27:13and visit her birth family.
27:15A ram's head wall mask.
27:18Every house needs one.
27:18I bet you've got a ram's head
27:19on your wall, haven't you, Clive?
27:20I've got one
27:21in the downstairs toilet.
27:22They are?
27:24North-west auctioneer
27:25Adam Partridge and his team...
27:27Oh!
27:28..are spending the day
27:29going through the bungalow
27:30and selecting the choicest items.
27:33Two carriage clocks.
27:34Hundreds of them.
27:37One thing you don't see
27:38with the glamour
27:39of being an auctioneer
27:40is the amount of stuff
27:41you have to sift through
27:42because you don't just find treasure
27:44without having to kiss
27:45a lot of frogs first, do you?
27:46The bubble wrap is rattling
27:51and the boxes are moving out the door.
27:53Yeah.
27:54What's it feel like?
27:55I must admit,
27:56I have got a slight feeling
27:57of sort of panic
27:58and I am thinking,
28:01am I doing the right thing?
28:03But I've just got to just kind of
28:04take a deep breath
28:06and let things go.
28:08But as Rita wrestles
28:11with her emotions
28:12watching vanloads
28:13of lucrative loot
28:14drive away
28:15to be catalogued
28:16for auction,
28:17Clive can't take
28:20his foot off the gas.
28:22He's got grand tour
28:23micro-mosaics to sell.
28:26Ed?
28:27Can you hear me, sir?
28:28How are you doing?
28:29All right, thank you.
28:30And he knows
28:31they are one of his colleague
28:32Ed's specialisms.
28:35Micro-mosaics?
28:36You've dealt with them before.
28:38Yeah, I mean,
28:39are they grand tour?
28:41Yes.
28:42Do you know anybody
28:42who is a buyer of these?
28:44I have grand tour collectors.
28:46Right, OK.
28:48Maybe float them in front
28:49of your specialist buyers
28:50and at least then
28:51we've got a starting point.
28:52I need you to see, like,
28:53the condition and stuff.
28:54Yeah.
28:54Yeah, I'll pass them on.
28:56Thanks, mate.
28:57Cheers, bye-bye.
28:58Good news.
28:59Moving forward.
29:05In Sunderland,
29:07ex-dressmaker Kevin's
29:08overflowing garage
29:10has failed to offer up
29:11a designer wedding dress
29:12good enough to fund
29:13a studio space
29:14to store and repair
29:16his collection.
29:17Here we are.
29:18But the dresses
29:19aren't just contained at home.
29:21It's spilled out
29:22into a large storage unit nearby
29:24and that's racking up costs.
29:27Oh, my goodness.
29:29At least they're on rails.
29:34They're on rails.
29:35They're on rails.
29:45So, what do we have here?
29:47This rail looks as if it's filled with...
29:49I mean, these look antique and vintage.
29:51This looks like an older collection.
29:53It is.
29:54Oh, my goodness.
29:55I love this one.
29:57That's beautiful, isn't it?
29:58And that lacework is stunning, isn't it?
30:00Beautiful lace, yes.
30:01Beautiful.
30:02So, that's 1950s.
30:03Yeah.
30:06So, Kevin,
30:07I've never come across
30:08a wedding dress collection before
30:10and I have to say
30:10it really has made me think
30:12because my dress literally is
30:14in a hatbox
30:15in my wardrobe.
30:17It's something
30:18that I probably wouldn't choose now
30:19but it is of its era.
30:20It's of the late 90s,
30:22early 2000s
30:23and it's so interesting
30:24when you're choosing a dress
30:26you don't think you're
30:27choosing a historical piece
30:28but you are.
30:29Yeah.
30:30That's a lovely one.
30:34Wow.
30:35That is stunning.
30:38Beautiful fabric.
30:42This is Coco Chanel.
30:44This is Coco...
30:45Well, goodness me,
30:47this is just exquisite, amazing.
30:51I bought it
30:52probably about 10 years ago now.
30:56The story behind this
30:57was that the daughter
30:58of a leading British industrialist
31:00was marrying an MP in 1923
31:03and Coco Chanel
31:05was a family friend
31:06and Coco Chanel
31:08made the wedding dress
31:09as a wedding present.
31:10As the story goes,
31:12the bride had other ideas
31:14and she married the chauffeur
31:16and this dress was never worn.
31:19That's incredible.
31:20Amazing.
31:22And look at the detail on this.
31:25And what fabric is this?
31:26It was called winter velvet.
31:28Absolutely beautiful.
31:32Coco Chanel
31:33Chanel helped to find
31:34women's fashion
31:35for much of the 20th century,
31:37railing against past rigid structure
31:39and insisting that ladies' design
31:41should be luxurious
31:42and comfortable.
31:44Without her,
31:45there would be no Chanel suit
31:47or iconic little black dress.
31:53What makes you believe
31:55that this dress
31:56was made by Coco Chanel herself?
31:58It's her style.
32:00It's no homemade dress.
32:03It's a designer dress.
32:04You can tell it's made
32:06by somebody who knows
32:08how to make dresses.
32:08Well, I have to say, Kevin,
32:11if this dress
32:13is by Coco Chanel,
32:15I think we may have the answer
32:17to your problems.
32:20Oh.
32:21You never know.
32:22Amazing.
32:23Beautiful.
32:24Absolutely wonderful.
32:28Finding a vintage Chanel dress
32:31that may have been made
32:33by Coco Chanel herself.
32:35If that dress
32:36can be authenticated,
32:38then we're not just talking
32:39a few thousand pounds,
32:40we could be talking
32:41about tens of thousands
32:43of pounds.
32:45It would be very difficult
32:46to say goodbye
32:47to the Coco Chanel,
32:48but if it was going to raise
32:50a lot of money
32:51to look at premises,
32:53to help the collection along,
32:55then I think I would be quite happy
32:56to go down that route.
32:57Curio's expert, Ed...
33:08The craftsmanship's incredible.
33:10..has taken up Clive's challenge
33:12to sell Rita's miniature mosaics.
33:15This dog one really stands out for me.
33:18It's just so small and so detailed.
33:21I could probably make a little bit extra.
33:24I'm thinking £300, £350 for that alone.
33:27He's hoping the five pieces
33:30can add to the £20,000 Rita needs
33:33to fund a trip
33:35to see her birth family.
33:37I need to take some photographs,
33:39get some pictures out there,
33:40try and get myself a buyer.
33:47Meanwhile, in Amersham...
33:48Are you excited?
33:50I am.
33:52..on his own mission
33:52to raise money for Rita,
33:54Clive has arranged for her
33:55to meet one of his contacts.
33:57Oh, thank you.
34:00Oh, beautiful.
34:11This is lovely.
34:12I know.
34:14Staggering.
34:15It's just come in.
34:15The smell, the smell reminds me
34:18of Norman's clock shop.
34:20I feel really at home here.
34:23Clive is hoping that
34:24clocksmith Ashley Stretha
34:26might be interested in buying
34:27the carriage clock he found
34:29from Rita's late stepfather's collection.
34:33Hello.
34:34Nice to see you.
34:35Nice to see you.
34:35Long time, long time.
34:39It's always nice when they work
34:41straight out of the box.
34:41It is, it is.
34:43OK.
34:44Amazing.
34:45So this ship's wheel
34:46sort of arrangement
34:48basically replaces
34:49the pendulum.
34:50It just visually looks
34:52much, much more interesting.
34:54For every three,
34:55four hundred clocks
34:56in this style,
34:58only one would have
34:59this sort of pendulum arrangement.
35:01That's good to hear.
35:02Yeah, indeed.
35:04There's a nice mark
35:05on the back.
35:06An S, Marty and Co.
35:09Right.
35:10I reckon it's pre-1900.
35:12What else gives
35:14value to clocks like this?
35:15It would have originally
35:16been gilded,
35:17gold-plated,
35:18and you can see
35:19quite a lot of the gilding
35:21still here.
35:22Yeah.
35:22The problem with these
35:23is when people
35:25get their Brasso out,
35:26give it a good rub,
35:27it takes gold off.
35:29You're taking more off.
35:30So what,
35:31what does the price
35:33look like for you?
35:34I reckon
35:40around about
35:41the sort of
35:41950 mark
35:43for a clock like this.
35:45I was hoping
35:45for a bit more than that,
35:47I have to say.
35:48Something between
35:49the 1,000
35:50and 2,000.
35:52Mm-hmm.
35:52So if you were able
35:54to push it
35:55to a little bit...
35:57I could probably
35:57push it to 1,000.
35:58MUSIC PLAYS
36:00That sounds fair.
36:09Yeah?
36:10Yeah.
36:11Fantastic.
36:11OK, so we're going
36:12to shake on it.
36:13Yeah, thank you very much.
36:16Definitely.
36:16OK, thank you.
36:17How exciting.
36:18Perfect.
36:19Thank you, Clive.
36:20There's a little bit
36:23of me that's kind
36:24of yelling,
36:24what have you done?
36:26But I know
36:27it's going to go
36:27to a good home
36:28with Ashley.
36:31Really pleased.
36:33In some ways,
36:34it's quite charming,
36:35isn't it?
36:36That clock dealer
36:37who's got
36:38so much stock
36:39wants to add
36:40another one to it.
36:41Norman was right.
36:43It was a clock
36:44worth having.
36:57Today,
36:58we're on our way
36:59to Kerry Taylor's
37:00auction house.
37:01And Kerry Taylor
37:02is the leading auctioneer
37:04for all things
37:05textile,
37:05vintage
37:06and antique.
37:09Kerry established
37:10her reputation
37:10at just 21
37:11as the youngest
37:12auctioneer
37:13in Sotheby's history.
37:15She went on
37:16to create her own
37:17internationally renowned
37:18auction house
37:18and in 2022
37:20sold an early
37:21Coco Chanel top
37:23for a record price
37:24of over £100,000.
37:29So I've got
37:30a box full
37:31of gorgeousness.
37:32I've got
37:33what we hope
37:34is an original
37:34Chanel dress,
37:35a Chanel wedding dress.
37:37So if Kerry Taylor
37:38doesn't know,
37:39then no one will.
37:40Kerry, lovely to meet you.
37:45Lovely to meet you too.
37:46Come on in.
37:47Welcome.
37:47Thank you so much.
37:49So here we have it.
37:51It's one of the best parts
37:53of my job
37:53as opening boxes.
37:54The exciting moment.
37:55What do you think?
38:07This is a very nice dress.
38:09You've got a dress here
38:10that's very typical
38:11of about 1930.
38:13A nice vintage dress.
38:15You have these lovely
38:17zigzag panels here.
38:19What about the possibility
38:21of it being
38:22a Chanel?
38:25Zero.
38:26Really?
38:27Yeah.
38:29Absolutely.
38:29Well, that's such a shame.
38:31And what tells you that?
38:33The velvet itself
38:34is nice,
38:35but it's not
38:36the best quality.
38:37No silt linings,
38:40these seams.
38:42Chanel didn't use
38:42pinking shears like this.
38:44Right.
38:44With haute couture,
38:45especially with Chanel,
38:47who is a real stickler
38:49for quality for finishing.
38:52Sorry about that.
38:53Well, that's disappointing,
38:54but it's good to know.
38:56Not the result
38:57that Paula was hoping for.
39:00It's not authentic.
39:01It's not worth a lot of money.
39:03And it's definitely not Chanel.
39:06The problem is,
39:07with Kevin,
39:08is that it's not just
39:09monetary value.
39:11There's a lot of emotion
39:12tied up in these dresses.
39:15Returning to Sunderland
39:16to break the news
39:17is one job
39:18Paula is not
39:19looking forward to.
39:23Paula has had
39:29Kevin's wedding dress
39:31reputed to be Coco Chanel
39:32assessed by an expert.
39:34Otto!
39:35Shh!
39:36She's back in Sunderland
39:37to share what she's learned.
39:39I'm quite excited
39:41to get some verification
39:42about what we think
39:45we know about the dress.
39:46What's the end result
39:47going to be?
39:52Oh, hello!
39:53It's so lovely
39:54to be back here.
39:55It's lovely to have you again.
39:57Honestly, it's been
39:58a bit of an adventure,
40:00I have to say.
40:00I've been down to London
40:02to see Kerry Taylor.
40:03She understands couture,
40:05so she really knows
40:06what she's looking for.
40:09Now, unfortunately,
40:11what I do have to tell you
40:13is that she can't
40:14authenticate the dress
40:16as an original Coco Chanel.
40:18Oh, well.
40:19It's one of those things.
40:20But she said
40:21it's a beautiful period dress.
40:23It is a lovely example
40:24of a 1930s wedding dress.
40:27It's not an unhappy ending.
40:29It's not an unhappy ending.
40:30Not at all.
40:30At the end of the day,
40:33we've still got all the dresses
40:35and we've still got fashion shows
40:37to make people happy
40:39and help us to raise money
40:42for charity,
40:43which for us
40:43is what it's all about.
40:45That's so wonderful.
40:46It wasn't the result
40:49that we were hoping for.
40:51It's not about the money.
40:52It's about raising money
40:53for other people.
40:54So it's not a bad result.
40:57And maybe one day,
40:59a wedding dress will come along
41:00to help Kevin fund
41:01his studio space.
41:12In Macclesfield, Cheshire,
41:14auction day is fast approaching.
41:17And Adam Partridge's team
41:19are busy displaying the lots,
41:21including over 100 from Rita.
41:28This is where all the magic happens.
41:30Welcome to my parlour.
41:31Exactly.
41:32And I see lots of Rita's things
41:34in front of me.
41:35It's an interesting lot.
41:37That has a bit of a look to it.
41:39Painted blue and white,
41:40quite popular.
41:41But that's in nice condition, isn't it?
41:42It is.
41:42It is.
41:43We've only put, I think,
41:44the catalogue could put 50,
41:4580 pounds on it.
41:46I think you could stick
41:47a nought on that, probably.
41:50This is quite a rare beast.
41:51Yeah, it's lovely, isn't it?
41:53Stopwatch.
41:53Yeah, very nice.
41:54A kind of romance of,
41:56like, Steve McQueen
41:57standing there next to the track
41:58or something like that
41:59during some movie.
42:01Him getting carried away.
42:02Holding one of these.
42:03Yeah.
42:04It's in at 600 to 800 days.
42:06Okay.
42:06That's a pick for me.
42:08I'd like to see four figures for that.
42:09That'd be exciting, wouldn't it?
42:10Yeah.
42:11I'm very confident
42:12we're going to make Rita a few quid.
42:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
42:26Morning, ladies and gentlemen.
42:27We've got about 800 lots today.
42:28We're going to try to do about 100 an hour.
42:31Rita's 117 lots have featured heavily
42:34over two days of auctioneering.
42:36It's so exciting.
42:39And she's come along in person
42:40to see her final few high-value items...
42:43360, 380, 400.
42:45..go under the hammer.
42:48Are you going to be emotional about it
42:50or are you going to be all right?
42:51I mean, I'll be waving goodbye
42:53to some of my childhood there.
42:55And I've got to try and be positive
42:59and think that they're going to be going
43:01to really good homes...
43:02Yeah.
43:02..knowing that those pieces are going to be loved
43:05and cherished by somebody.
43:07Yeah.
43:08It's getting out of the cold, shall we?
43:09Let's do some auctioning.
43:11Cold!
43:1392, 65, I'm bid.
43:1565 pounds.
43:17With only 1,000 pounds raised so far...
43:1975, 80 in the room, 5, 90.
43:22She needs a successful sale day.
43:26400 pounds.
43:27..in order to realise her dream
43:29of visiting her long-lost family in America.
43:32740, 760, 780.
43:37It all hangs on the sale
43:38of her stepfather's heirlooms.
43:41800 bid.
43:43Thank you very much.
43:49The Barnard snipe.
43:51What a lovely thing.
43:53At 460's bid, though.
43:55Nice.
43:56Nice.
43:57460.
43:57At 460.
43:59Any more now?
44:00Selling at 460.
44:03There we go.
44:05We're happy with that.
44:07A group of Chinese blue and white.
44:09300 and bid.
44:1020, 340, 360, 380.
44:12400.
44:1320, 40, 60, 80.
44:14520.
44:15560, keep going.
44:17580, 600.
44:18780 back in at 780.
44:20780.
44:20800.
44:21800.
44:22Working hard here.
44:23800 is bid.
44:25Wow.
44:27Very rare stopwatch.
44:301,000 pounds.
44:32Be quick.
44:331,100.
44:331,100.
44:34That's a good one.
44:361,150.
44:37It's gone up again.
44:381,200.
44:391,200 pounds.
44:42Good job.
44:45The final hammer has come down on Stepdad Norman's collection.
44:48The auction is over.
44:503, 8...
44:51How's your calculator session going?
44:56Don't put any spurious numbers in there.
44:59Plus 600.
45:02Oh, my God.
45:04Nearly 21,000.
45:06Oh, my goodness.
45:09Rita's afternoon lots have smashed their estimates.
45:16Right back at the beginning of this process, you said Norman bought some really nice things.
45:23And today's bid has recognized that.
45:26With the auction and her clock sale, Rita's made over 22,000 pounds before fees.
45:34But there's a final surprise.
45:37Her miniature mosaics.
45:38Sold for 400 pounds.
45:41Yay!
45:42Rita's taken these articles, these bits of history that were lying around the house, and turned them into something really tangible.
45:51In this case, airplane tickets and hotel stays.
45:54It's given me a real sense of freedom to know that that opportunity is now there.
46:04It's just amazing.
46:06Makes me feel happy.
46:08It ain't all about the money.
46:10It's about more important things.
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